Above: Olympic aspirant Red Matthews in the two seat in 2017 at Lucerne JANUARY 2020 NEWS News covered this month • Wendouree Ballarat Regatta entries • Rowers in the Australia Day honours • Rowing NSW small boat regatta • Barwon results • Barwon entries • Ballarat results and images • Ballarat entries • More information on air quality • Access to Boathouse Drive this week • Rutherglen Regatta • Club rowers to commence Thursday 16th January • Mercs camp finishes • Mercs camp continues well • Mercantile camp in full swing • Calling all club rowers • Superb wines in Club’s wine offer • Wine notes from your correspondent • 2020 Olympic series part 1 • From the archives – Cecil McVilly ___________________________________________________________________ Wendouree Ballarat Regatta Published 30th January 2019 Another important regatta for the Club this weekend at Ballarat. Our entries are: Event Athletes MU212- Lukas Matic, William Achermann MU212- Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, Tom Murray MU212- Alexander Selemba, James Forwood MU212- Stearns Weil, Marcus Cain MLW1X Eric Low MLW1X Jordan Roberts FO2- Kate Duggan, Thea Adamson FO1X Gemma Sibillin FLW1X Meghan Hester MU214+ Eric Low, Alexander Selemba, Marcus Cain, William Kalikman, Phillip Tran(c) MU214+ Stearns Weil, Connor Shugg, Jordan Roberts, James Forwood, Thisara Silva(c) FO2X Meghan Hester, Gemma Sibillin Eric Low, Alexander Selemba, James Forwood, William Kalikman, Tom Murray, MU218+ William Achermann, Lukas Matic, Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, Phillip Tran(c) MO4- Tom Murray, William Achermann, Lukas Matic, Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos FO4X- Meghan Hester, Kate Duggan, Thea Adamson, Gemma Sibillin ______________________________________________________________________________ Rowers in the Australia Day honours Published 27th January 2020 Rowing Australia has reported as follows: Five-time para-rowing World Champion Erik Horrie and his coach Jason Baker have been honoured in today’s 2020 Australia Day Honours. Two-time Paralympic silver medallist and five time World Rowing Champion, Horrie, received a Medal of Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) for services to rowing. Horrie, who is a member of Sydney Rowing Club and New South Wales Institute of Sport, has won multiple National and International titles while competing the PR1 Men’s Single Scull category. Horrie is also a Lifeline Community Custodian as part of the inaugural AIS/Lifeline campaign that launched in 2010 and is a member of the Rowing Australia Athletes’ Commission. Horrie’s coach, Jason Baker, who has coached the Penrith-local since the end of 2012 has overseen Horrie’s rise and rise in the PR1 Men’s Single Scull. A former coach of Sydney Rowing Club, Baker is now Head Coach at The Scots College, Sydney and has been Horrie’s coach on the Australian Rowing Team since 2013. Baker also received a Medal of Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) for services to rowing. In addition to Baker and Horrie being honoured today, Mosman local Phillip Titterton was also recognised in the Australia Day Honours. Mr Titterton, who receives an OAM for services to rowing, is a stalwart of New South Wales and Australian rowing – a regular volunteer at Australian and New South Wales Championships, Mr Titterton is a passionate Masters rower, sitting on RA’s Masters Commission, and has also been a member of Mosman’s SES Unit. Congratulations to these worthy recipients from Mercantile Rowing Club. ______________________________________________________________________________ Rowing NSW Small Boat Regatta Published 27th January 2020 Some of our senior rowers tested themselves out at the Rowing NSW small boats regatta on the Olympic course with some good results. Thanks to Nick Mitchell who led this group. In race order the results were as follows: Men’s elite scull – Both Red Matthews and Kane Grant missed the A final with Red being the second best lightweight sculler in the event behind is doubles partner Sean Murphy. Matthews and Murphy teamed up in the elite double scull event to finish second behind Olympic hopefuls Batholot (NSW) and Letcher (ACT). Sadly Katrina Bateman did not finish the final of the women’s elite single and there was no doubles race. Alexander Wolf and Benjamin Canham, coached Nicholas Mitchell finished second in the men’s elite pair. However in the women’s elite pair with all NTC athletes competing, Jess Morrison paired with her usual pair partner Annabelle McIntyre to win the event. This again confirms their claim to be the Olympic pair. Lukas Matic and William Achermann, coached by Dylan Curnow and Nicholas Lloyd won the Under 21 pair in a good field. Joel Cain finished fourth in under 23 scull in a tight race. And Sky Froebel also finished fourth in her under 23 scull race. Sky later combined with Mila Marston of MUBC to finish third in the under 23 double sculls. Mimi Tuddenham and Georgie Gleeson, coached by Brigette Carlile and Nicholas Mitchell finished third in their under 21 pairs race . Eric Low won the under 21 lightweight single and finished second in the elite lightweight double sculls combining with Sam Oostendorp of Banks. In summary, a good result for our crews the training base undertaken over the past months showing through. Well done to our coaches and crews. ______________________________________________________________________________ Barwon regatta results Published 27th January 2020 Sadly MUBC withdrew from this regatta and so Mercs had to race the schools in the under 21 events. This was done and done successfully. However every race is a test and with every race there is a lesson to learn, even if the key opposition fail to arrive. In the men’s under four, Marcus Cain, William Kalikman, Tom Murray, Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, Cox: Phillip Tran, Coaches: Nicholas Lloyd, Dylan Curnow won the event. Earlier in the day Brighton defeated our other four of Jordan Roberts, Alexander Selemba, Stearns Weil, Connor Shugg, Cox: Watudura Silva, Coaches: Nicholas Lloyd, Dylan Curnow In the women’s under 21 four, Teagan Blythe, Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Lily Arnoul, Coaches: Brigette Carlile, David Colvin easily accounted for the opposition. In the men’s under 21 eights, our crew of Stearns Weil, Alexander Selemba, Jordan Roberts, Connor Shugg, Marcus Cain, William Kalikman, Tom Murray, Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, Cox: Phillip Tran, Coaches: Nicholas Lloyd, Dylan Curnow, easily accounted for the schools. The same result occurred in the women’s under 21 eights with the Mercs crew of Louisa Bongrain, Alice Levin, Steph Ferrali, Eleanor Millear, Teagan Blythe, Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Lily Arnoul Coaches: Brigette Carlile, David Colvin defeating the schools. In other racing, Meghan Hester won the A scull with Gemma Sibillin in second place. However these two were unable to win the A double, finishing second. ______________________________________________________________________________ Barwon Entries Published 22nd January 2020 Marcus Cain, Marcus Cameron, Tom Murray, Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, MU214+ Phillip Tran(c) Stearns Weil, Connor Shugg, James Forwood, William Kalikman, Christophe MU214+ Wellink(c) FU214+ Teagan Blythe, Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Lily Arnoul(c) Olivia Sargeant, Katherine (Lulu) Murrell, Alice Levin, Faith Zehfuss, Eyrin FU214+ McCarthy(c) Marcus Cain, Connor Shugg, Stearns Weil, William Kalikman, James Forwood, MU218+ Marcus Cameron, Tom Murray, Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, Phillip Tran(c) Louisa Bongrain, Alice Levin, Stephanie Ferrali, Eleanor Millear, Teagan Blythe, FU218+ Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Lily Arnoul(c) FA2X Meghan Hester, Gemma Sibillin FA1X Meghan Hester FA1X Gemma Sibillin ______________________________________________________________________________ Ballarat Results and Images Published 21st January 2020 The following results from the first regatta of the season. Men’s under 21 pair, first to Nicholas Vlachodimitropoulos, Tom Murray, Coaches: Dylan Curnow, Nicholas Lloyd and second to Lukas Matic, William Achermann, Coaches: Dylan Curnow, Nicholas Lloyd. A great start to the season. Nick and Tom in the heat Lukas and Will also in the heat Stearns Weil and Marcus Cain, also in the heat Jamie Forward and Connor Shugg raced well also Eric Low won the under 21 scull. Coaches: Dylan Curnow, Nicholas Lloyd Jordan Roberts also performed well. Coaches: Dylan Curnow, Nicholas Lloyd Joel Cain finished third in the open single. Coach: Nicholas Mitchell Sadly your correspondent did not get an image of Kane Grant who finished fourth. In the under 21 four, Olivia Sargeant, Lulu Murrell, Alice Levin, Faith Zehfuss, Cox: Eyrin McCarthy, Coaches: Brigette Carlile, David Colvin finished fifth Our other under 21 four of Teagan Blythe, Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Lily Arnoul, Coach: Brigette Carlile finished second. Steph Ferrali, Eleanor Millear, Coaches: Brigette Carlile, David Colvin finished second in the under 21 pair. Mimi Tuddenham, Georgie Gleeson, Coach: Brigette Carlile won the open pair with Kate Duggan and Thea Adamson [Banks] in third place Sky Froebel, Coach: Brigette Carlile won the open scull Meghan Hester finished 2nd in the B final Phoebe Wolf, Coach: Brigette Carlile finished 3rd in the B final Louisa Bongrain, Coaches: Brigette Carlile, David Colvin won the under 21 single Jordan Roberts, Eric Low, Coaches: Dylan Curnow, Nicholas Lloyd finished second in the open double scull Gemma Sibillin, Meghan Hester, Coach: